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Rh bags, more than a block up hill to reach these lordly coachmen. This was the first city where I did not find coachmen ready to help a lady traveling, and gives a poor impression of the city to strangers.

Overlooking Victoria harbor are the magnificent capitol buildings, erected on a beautiful ten acre lot, at a cost of $900,000. These form a group of three buildings, the center one, which is surmounted by a dome 150 feet high, contains the offices of the several departments, and the legislative hall, with committee rooms and library. The side buildings, which are connected with the central one by covered colonnades, are devoted to the printing department and the Provincial museum. The foundation is of local granite, and the superstructure is built of a beautiful light colored, close grained sandstone, from